#2E56B4#2E56B4

#2E56B4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.156 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E56B4
RGB	rgb(46, 86, 180)
HSL	hsl(222, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(222, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 52.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 19.44, -54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 57.41, 289.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% -0.0162 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.156 264)
XYZ	xyz(12.6898, 10.5303, 44.5349)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E56B4 #B48C2E

analogous

#2E99B4 #2E56B4 #492EB4

triadic

#2E56B4 #B42E56 #56B42E

tetradic

#2E56B4 #B42E99 #B48C2E #2EB449

square

#2E56B4 #B42E99 #B48C2E #2EB449

split-complementary

#2E56B4 #B4492E #99B42E

monochromatic

#152753 #223F83 #2E56B4 #4E75D2 #7E9BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#2E56B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#2E56B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E56B4

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E56B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E56B4	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1762B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e56b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 86, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.156 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7985cb',
    500: '#2e56b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e56b4;
$custom-light: #7985cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e56b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.09,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47906,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.10532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E56B4

secondary

#C7AF77

accent

#B445E2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#EFEFF9

border

#CACAD2

text

#0A0B13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E56B4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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